Swimming at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games

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Host City: Beijing, China
Date Started: August 9, 2008
Date Finished: August 21, 2008
Events: 34

Participants: 1,022 (569 men and 453 women) from 163 countries
Youngest Participant:  Antoinette Guedia (12 years, 300 days)
Oldest Participant:  Dara Torres (41 years, 123 days)
Most Medals (Athlete):  Michael Phelps (8 medals)
Most Medals (Country): United States (31 medals)

Medalists Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's 50 metres Freestyle  César Cielo Filho  Amaury Leveaux  Alain Bernard Men's 100 metres Freestyle  Alain Bernard  Eamon Sullivan  Jason Lezak  César Cielo Filho Men's 200 metres Freestyle  Michael Phelps  Park Tae-Hwan  Peter Vanderkaay Men's 400 metres Freestyle  Park Tae-Hwan  Zhang Lin  Larsen Jensen Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle  Oussama Mellouli  Grant Hackett  Ryan Cochrane Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay  United States  France  Australia Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay  United States  Russia  Australia Men's 100 metres Backstroke  Aaron Peirsol  Matt Grevers  Arkady Vyachanin  Hayden Stoeckel Men's 200 metres Backstroke  Ryan Lochte  Aaron Peirsol  Arkady Vyachanin Men's 100 metres Breaststroke  Kosuke Kitajima  Alexander Dale Oen  Hugues Duboscq Men's 200 metres Breaststroke  Kosuke Kitajima  Brenton Rickard  Hugues Duboscq Men's 100 metres Butterfly  Michael Phelps  Milorad Čavić  Andrew Lauterstein Men's 200 metres Butterfly  Michael Phelps  László Cseh, Jr.  Takeshi Matsuda Men's 200 metres Individual Medley  Michael Phelps  László Cseh, Jr.  Ryan Lochte Men's 400 metres Individual Medley  Michael Phelps  László Cseh, Jr.  Ryan Lochte Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay  United States  Australia  Japan Men's 10 kilometres Open Water  Maarten van der Weijden  David Davies  Thomas Lurz Women's 50 metres Freestyle  Britta Steffen  Dara Torres  Cate Campbell Women's 100 metres Freestyle  Britta Steffen  Libby Lenton-Trickett  Natalie Coughlin Women's 200 metres Freestyle  Federica Pellegrini  Sara Isakovič  Pang Jiaying Women's 400 metres Freestyle  Becky Adlington  Katie Hoff  Joanne Jackson Women's 800 metres Freestyle  Becky Adlington  Alessia Filippi  Lotte Friis Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay  Netherlands  United States  Australia Women's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay  Australia  China  United States Women's 100 metres Backstroke  Natalie Coughlin  Kirsty Coventry  Margaret Hoelzer Women's 200 metres Backstroke  Kirsty Coventry  Margaret Hoelzer  Reiko Nakamura Women's 100 metres Breaststroke  Leisel Jones  Rebecca Soni  Mirna Jukic Women's 200 metres Breaststroke  Rebecca Soni  Leisel Jones  Sara Nordenstam Women's 100 metres Butterfly  Libby Lenton-Trickett  Christine Magnuson  Jess Schipper Women's 200 metres Butterfly  Liu Zige  Jiao Liuyang  Jess Schipper Women's 200 metres Individual Medley  Steph Rice  Kirsty Coventry  Natalie Coughlin Women's 400 metres Individual Medley  Steph Rice  Kirsty Coventry  Katie Hoff Women's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay  Australia  United States  China Women's 10 kilometres Open Water  Lara Ilchenko  Keri-Anne Payne  Cassie Patten

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